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(NoModeL) O. A. KING. Fastening; for Pore End Stocks. No. 235,881.

Patented Dec. 28,1880.

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CHARLES A. KING, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNCR TO THE CHARLES PARKERCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR FORE-END STOCKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,881, dated December28, 1880.

Application filed September 28, 1880.

To all whom t't may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES A. KING, acitizen of the United States, residing at Meriden, in the countyof NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fastenings for the Fore-End Stocks of Guns; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved means of securingthe hinged foreend of a breach-loading-gun stock to the gunbarrels.

It consists in the combination of a fingerlever with a slide, the latterbeing thrown into or out of engagement with the loop of the barrels bythe vibration of said lever also, in other features, hereinafter setforth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side View of aportion of a gun stock and barrel, partly broken away to exhibit, invertical section, my improved foreend locking devices, the latter beingshown as in the position for locking. Fig. 2 represents a detail bottomview of the operatinglever and the plate to which it is pivoted; andFig. 3 represents a detail bottom view of the locking slide, which isoperated by said lever.

A designates one of the barrels of a doublebarrel gun, and A thefastening-loop, secured to the under side thereof, and having alongitudinal opening or passage, a.

B design ates the fore end of the stock, which is hinged to the mainpart of said stock at b. This fore end is recessed to receive a part ofloop A, as well as the other devices hereinafter set forth. In the underside of said fore end a plate, C, is countersunk, and secured by screwsor in any other suitable manner. This plate is recessed to allow alever, D, to be pivoted within it and to play up through it, ashereinafter stated. The long front end of this lever is bifurcated at d,and curved so as to conveniently receive the operators finger, and

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a suitable recess in plate C allows the convenient insertion of thelatter. The short rear end of said lever forms a pointed projection, D011 said lever, at a point above, ornearly above, the pivot thereof, isformed a rounded knob or projection, D, which sits into a space betweentwo lugs, e e, on the under side of a slide or sliding bolt, E, thatmoves longitudinally in a guideway in said fore end B. This slide orbolt E is ordinarily forced into loop A by the pressure of a spring, F,which is also within said fore end. When in that position the fore endis locked to the barrels, and the lever D is flush with the under sideof the fore end.

When it becomes necessary to detach these parts, the operator simplyslips his finger into the bifurcated part at of said lever, and turns itoutward or downward on its pivot. The knob D thereupon forces said slideor bolt E out of engagement with loop A, compressing spring F. The foreend is then separated from the barrels by means of the pressure of theprojection D on the lever against the top of the loop. When these partsare brought together again said slide is again slightly withdrawn, toenable said loop to enter the recess prepared for it in said fore end.The spring is then once more allowed to force said slide into said loop.

It is obvious that the said fastening devices may be arranged in frontof the loop A instead of beyond it. The spring F is not absolutelynecessary, since the lever will move the slide in either direction.Nevertheless, said spring is an important auxiliary.

Hitherto fastenings for fore ends have consisted of the ordinary slidingpin, which passes transversely through the loop, or of a boltautomatically thrown into engagement but having no operating lever, orof a turn-button catching under a lug, or of a lever locking directlywith a projection on the barrels, or of a tumbler looking with arecessed block on the barrels and operated by a lever which is arrangedlike the one hereinbefore described. The last-mentioned construction is,perhaps, the one which most closely resembles this, and is found in thepatent granted to C. A. King on the 26th of March, 1878, No. 201,618..

I do not claim any of the foregoing eonpoint D ,that bears against thebottom of said 10 struetions or combinations; but loop to force saidfore end oif from the barrel. What I do claim, and desire to secure byIn testimony whereof I affix my signature Letters Patent, isin presenceof two witnesses.

5 In combination with barrels A, loop a, fore end B, and spring-pressedrod or bar 6, the lever D, pivoted in said fore end, and pro- Witnesses:vided on its short end with a projection or DEXTER W. PARKER, knob foroperating said slide and nose or; GEO. O. MERRIAM.

CHARLES A. KING.

